Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-08-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-08-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison, as there hasn't been a recently reported sale. Many load lots of quality cattle today. Demand good. Trade active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $184.29/cwt on 1,243 head.

Average price

$184.29

1,243 head · 810 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,492

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$645

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1

$41.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.30

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	510	198.20	1,012	36
Medium and Large 1	811	184.79	1,498	1,167
Large 1	1,054	157.19	1,657	40

One grade step is worth $41.01/cwt here — about −$645 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale1,243 hd

184.29

—

IA average7 barns · 4,542 hd

177.99

+6.30

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

47 lots · USDA AMS · Dunlap Livestock Feeder Cattle - Dunlap, IA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	865	175.68/cwt	172.00–185.00	1,520	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	285	690.00/head	690.00–690.00	690	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	355	840.00/head	840.00–840.00	840	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	193.97/cwt	186.00–199.25	1,302	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	911	170.80/cwt	166.00–173.50	1,556	170
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	779	183.40/cwt	178.00–192.50	1,429	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	425	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	893	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	829	184.76/cwt	175.50–188.00	1,532	510
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	473	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	984	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	852	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,423	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	436	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,029	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	173.75/cwt	171.00–177.50	1,147	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	207.89/cwt	202.00–211.00	1,202	55
Steers	Large 1Natural	—	1,059	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,705	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	462	227.58/cwt	216.00–233.00	1,051	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	304	850.00/head	850.00–850.00	850	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	400	775.00/head	775.00–775.00	775	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	932	151.29/cwt	148.00–152.00	1,410	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	464	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	835	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	877	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	785	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,217	10
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,094	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	1,548	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	578	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,012	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	766	173.21/cwt	168.00–177.00	1,327	179
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	177.73/cwt	171.50–187.00	1,280	130
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	992	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	185.28/cwt	180.50–189.00	1,071	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	747	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,195	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	595	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	952	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	378	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	733	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	335	750.00/head	750.00–750.00	750	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	461	199.52/cwt	195.50–206.00	920	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	183.03/cwt	173.00–189.25	1,135	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	181.65/cwt	180.00–184.50	1,201	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	183.28/cwt	180.00–187.00	880	14
Steers	Large 1	—	1,058	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	1,656	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	952	166.50/cwt	166.50–166.50	1,585	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	374	750.00/head	750.00–750.00	750	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	834	165.65/cwt	164.75–166.00	1,382	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	879	164.14/cwt	162.50–168.00	1,443	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	426	199.50/cwt	199.50–199.50	850	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	198.38/cwt	192.00–203.00	1,242	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	937	158.27/cwt	157.25–169.50	1,483	152
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	977	174.78/cwt	163.00–175.50	1,708	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	931	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	185.06/cwt	181.00–190.00	1,314	20
Steers	Large 1	—	1,040	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,539	10

How this sale compares

Iowa weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Iowa auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Iowa feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Dunlap Livestock Feeder Cattle - Dunlap, IA

Fri Aug 26, 2022

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Des Moines, IA (LS-NW)

Receipts 2,367Last week 5,695Year ago 1,704

No comparison, as there hasn't been a recently reported sale. Many load lots of quality cattle today. Demand good. Trade active.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	865	172.00–185.00	175.68
4	—	355	840.00	840.00
92	—	671	186.00–199.25	193.97
170	—	911	166.00–173.50	170.80
85	—	779	178.00–192.50	183.40
510	—	829	175.50–188.00	184.76
6	—	436	236.00	236.00
55	—	578	202.00–211.00	207.89
32	—	462	216.00–233.00	227.58
20	—	626	192.00–203.00	198.38
119	—	977	163.00–175.50	174.78
20	—	710	181.00–190.00	185.06
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	425	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	473	208.00	208.00
21	—	304	850.00	850.00
3	—	400	775.00	775.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	852	167.00	167.00
7	—	660	171.00–177.50	173.75
3	—	475	196.00	196.00
Steers — Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,059	161.00	161.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,058	156.50	156.50
10	—	1,040	148.00	148.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per head · actual wt
12	—	285	690.00	690.00
4	—	378	194.00	194.00
13	—	374	750.00	750.00
9	—	426	199.50	199.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	932	148.00–152.00	151.29
10	—	785	155.00	155.00
3	—	747	160.00	160.00
5	—	595	160.00	160.00
14	—	480	180.00–187.00	183.28
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	464	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	428	205.00	205.00
179	—	766	168.00–177.00	173.21
130	—	720	171.50–187.00	177.73
6	—	529	187.50	187.50
68	—	578	180.50–189.00	185.28
4	—	335	750.00	750.00
26	—	461	195.50–206.00	199.52
87	—	620	173.00–189.25	183.03
41	—	661	180.00–184.50	181.65
6	—	952	166.50	166.50
104	—	834	164.75–166.00	165.65
19	—	879	162.50–168.00	164.14
152	—	937	157.25–169.50	158.27
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,094	141.50	141.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	578	175.00	175.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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